Ladle.



4 J. o'aoN oR & MJP. BRENNAN.

LADLE. I

APPLIOATION I'ILED JULY 25, 1907. RENEWED MAR. 30, 1911.

1,080,120. Patented 990.2,191'3.

. IN VEN T058 J'ohn 0 'Gonnor Mar-70R Brennan,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN OGONNOR AND MARK P. BRENNAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAD-LE.

Application filed July 25, 1907, Serial No. 385,434. Renewed. March 30, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Serial No. 618,002.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN OCoNNoR and MARK P. BRENNAN, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of New'York, borough of Manhattan, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and use ful Ladle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a culinary article of that class known as ladles which are employed, ordinarily, for dip-ping liquids out of vessels.

An object of the invention is to preclude the liquid dipped up by a ladle from flowing lengthwise thereof, and from accumulating at one point in the bottom of the article, whereby the ladle is adapted, when empty ing the liquid therefrom, to distribute the said liquid uniformly.

Another object is to render the ladle more convenient in use than an ordinary spoon or ladle, and to enable it to be quickly and thoroughly cleaned.

Broadly stated, the ladle of this invention is provided with means for dividing its liquid-containing chamber into a series of compartments, said means consisting, preferably, of a plurality of baflies or division walls which serve to preclude the liquid, dipped up by the ladle, from flowing from one compartment into an adjacent compartment or compartments.

The invention consists, further, of a ladle, and a reversible handle connected detachably to said ladle, whereby the handle may be fitted to either end of the ladle, or said ladle may be turned to different positions with respect to the handle, or the ladle and the handle may be disconnected for the purpose of cleaning the same.

In the accompanying drawings, we have illustrated one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction shown therein is to be understood as illustrative only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a ladle embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on the line 8-.8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross section of a modification on the line ll of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on the line 55 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the invention. Fig. 7 is a cross section of a modification.

The ladle, A, of the present invention con sists of a bottom, a, a back wall, I), and end walls, a, c. The back wall rises upwardly from the bottom, a, at one edge thereof, and the end walls join said bottom and back wall, the parts being made of sheet metal in any usual or preferred way. The ladle is adapted to dip up a liquid by moving it in a sidewise direction, but the ladle may be used to good advantage in narrow or confined spaces of cooking vessels and pans by simply lowering it in the vessel, so as to rest on the bottom thereof, whereby the meat julce or gravy is permitted to run into the ladle, through the open side thereof.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5 of the drawings, the length of the ladle greatly exceeds the width thereof, thus producing an article of relatively large liquid containing capacity, and said ladle is approximately triangular in cross section, see Figs. 3 and 4:.

The operation of moving the ladle sidewise, or of dipping the ladle downwardly into the liquid, in order to fill it with such liquid, such as meat gravy, and of lifting the filled ladle, has a tendency of causing the liquid to accumulate at one point in the bottom of the chamber. For the purpose of overcoming the aforesaid objection, the liquid containing chamber of the ladle is subdivided into separate compartments, and as shown in the drawings, such subdivision of the aforesaid chamber is secured by the employment of one, or a plurality of, division walls, B. The division walls extend upwardly from the bottom, a, of the ladle, and they are joined to the back wall, 6, the height of said division walls being less than the end walls, 0, o. The division walls form a plurality of compartments within the ladle, and they serve the further purpose of baflles to preclude the flow of liquid lengthwise of the ladle. The bafiies may be made of separate pieces of sheet metal, folded upon themselves and fastened in any suitable way to the bottom, a, and the back wall, 6. For example, the baffles or division walls may be soldered in place, but the invention is not restricted to this detail of construction because we prefer to press or stamp the battles ordivision walls from the metal composing the bottom of the ladle. Such preferred construction is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, wherein the ladle, A, consists of a bottom, a, a back wall, I) and the integral baffles, B.

In the modification shown in Figs. l, 5 and 6, the baflies, B, are made in separate pieces of metal, and they are fastened, by soldering them in place, to the bottom, a,

and the back wall, 6, of the ladle, all as clearly shown in said figures.

The ladle of the present invention is provided with a handle, C, having a bend, (Z, and a shank or stem, 6. The handle shown in the drawings is connected detachably to the ladle and it is reversible with respect thereto.- It is preferred to provide the back wall with two series of ofiset portions, f, g, and to bend these offset portions oppositely to each other so as to produce openings, it, said openings being in alinement longitudinally for the purpose of receiving the shank, e, of the handle, C. The offset portions are provided in the back wall quite close to the top edge thereof, and the shank of the handle is adapted to he slipped endwise through the openings, it, for the purpose of securing a frictional engagement between the surfaces of the shank, e, and the offsets, f, g. The shank, e, of the handle may be circular in cross section as in Figs. 3 and 4, or said shank may be square, oblong or of any desired angular cross section as in Fig. 7. The ladle and the handle are connected by the friction-tight engagement of the shank with the offsets, and when the shank is circular in cross section, the ladle may be adjusted to different positions with respect to the handle, the cranked or bent portion, d, of which permits the ladle to be adjusted to different positions below the handle, C. It is evident that the shank may easily be slipped into or withdrawn from the offset portions of the ladle, whereby the handle and ladle are connected detachably. Furthermore, the handle may be fitted to either end portion of the ladle, thus adapting said ladle for use either by the right hand or the left hand of the operator.

The mode of usino the new ladle will be readily understood from the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing. The shank of the handle having been connected with the back wall of the ladle, the article can be simply lowered into a cooking or other vessel so as to fill the ladle with liquid, the latter flowing freely through the open side of the ladle, or said ladle can be moved sidewise in the cooking vessel for the purpose of dipping the liquid from said vessel. The liquid is prevented from flowing lengthwise of the ladle by the baffles therein, and said liquid is thus distributed uniformly throughout the length of the ladle, and within the several compartments thereof. The ladle may be used to advantage in any and all kinds of culinary vessels, more especially in the operation of dipping up meat juices or gravy. In the act of dipping a liquid from the vessel, the ladle is turned sidewise slightly, so as to prevent the liquid from flowing out at the open side. As stated, the baflies confine the liquid. in the several compartments of the ladle, and when the ladle turned to discharge the liquid, the latter is distributed uniformly, thus saving time and labor in the operation of basting meats, etc.

It is evident that the handle and the ladle may be disconnected for the purpose of thoroughly washing and cleaning the parts, after which the handle can be easily and quickly connected to the ladle by placing the shank in the offset portions thereof.

Having thus fully described the invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A ladle having a bottom, two end walls, a side wall, an open front, and means for dividing the liquid-chamber of said ladle into a plurality of compartments, whereby liquidmay flow from the ladle in divided streams.

2. A ladle comprising a receptacle or chamber having a bottom, one side wall, two end walls, and an open front, said receptacle or chamber being provided with a pluralityof baffles extending across the bottom of said receptacle from the side wall to the open front.

-3. A ladle comprising a receptacle or chamber having a bottom, one side wall, two end walls, and an open front, the bottom of said receptacle being provided with a plurality of transverse baflles which terminate at the open front of the ladle, said baflles extending from said open front to the side wall.

4:. In a ladle, a bottom having parts thereof bent upwardly so as to form spaced battles on said bottom, end members integral with said bottom and extending from the back to the forward edge thereof, and a back member joining the bottom and end members.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 7

JOHN OCONNOR. MARK P. BRENNAN.

Witnesses to the signature of John OConnor:

H. T. BERNHARD, MARGARET O. POWELL. Witnesses to the signature of Mark P; Brennan: L. R'CooK, C. J. COOK.

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